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G. PHILLIPS.

AIR COMPRESSOR APPLICATION FILED APR. 16. l9l8.

1 3 1 4,36 0 Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

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GORDON PHILLIPS, 0F COBALT, ONTARIO, CANADA.

AIR-COMPRESSOR.

Application filed April 16, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GORDON PHILLIPS, of the town of Cobalt, in theDistrict of Nipissing, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Air-Compressors, of which thefollowing is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in air compressors and the objectof the invention is to devise simple means whereby the force of anincoming wave may be utilized for compressing air, and it consistsessentially of the following arrangement and construction of parts ashereinafter more particularly explained.

The drawing represents a perspective view of my device partially brokenaway and in section.

1 indicates a rectangular chamber, the front wall I of which extendsfrom the top of the chamber to a point intermediately of its height soas to form a wave inlet orifice 2 extending the full length of thechamber at the bottom. The bottom wall of the chamber 3 is provided witha ledge 4, the upper face of which curves upwardly at 5 so as to mergeinto the back wall of the chamber or compartment 1. The end walls 6 and7 of the chamber 1 extend outwardly so as to form a pair of opposingoutwardly diverging sea walls 8 and 9.

10 and 11 indicate supplemental chambers carried by the walls 6 and 7and open at the top. 12 and 13 indicate cylinders secured within eachchamber 10 and 11 so as to be free of the side walls thereof. The cylinders 12 and 13 are open at the top. Each cylinder 12 and 13 is providedwith a piston 141- provided with a valve 15. 16 indicates a cross head.17 indicate piston rods connected at their upper ends to the cross headand at their lower ends to the heads 14. 18 indicates a float connectedby hangers 19 to the cross head 16.

20 indicates a vertical runway secured to each wall of the chamber 1. 22indicate grooved rollers engaging the runways 20, such rollers beingjournaled in brackets 23 carried by the float 18. 24: indicate bufferssecured to the inner face of the walls of the chamber 1 and designed toengage the bottom of the float 18 when in its lowermost position. Havingdescribed the principal parts involved in my invention I will brieflydescribe the operation of the same.

As the wave rolls inwardly between the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

Serial No. 228,859.

walls 8 and 9 it is gathered together increasing its volume and depth.As the wave breaks it strikes the curved portion 5 and directed upwardlyagainst the bottom of the float 18'. As the water level rises in thechamber 1 the float is carried upwardly by the force of the water and byits own buoyancy thereby lifting the cross head 16 and piston 14 to theupper end of each cylinder 12 and 13. As the heads are carried upwardlyair is carried through the valve 15 into the bottom portion of eachcylinder 12 and 13. As soon as the water recedes and the float 18 isrelieved of the action of the water thereon it acts as a weight whichdraws the piston 14 downward in the cylinders 12 and 13 therebycompressing the air in the lower end of the cylinder, which is carriedoff through suitable ducts 14* controlled by a non-return valve, notshown.

From this description it will be seen that I have devised a very simpledevice whereby the force of waves and the buoyant action thereof on thefloat may be utilized to compress air so that it may be stored insuitable reservoir for utilization.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. An air compressor comprising a chamber located within and inproximity to the edge of a body of water and extending above the waterlevel, a partial wall front extending from the top of the chamber to apoint below the water level and intermediate of the height of thechamber, diverging walls extending toward the deep water from each endof the chamber so as to direct the water into the chamber below thefront wall and against the front wall to increase the height of the headof water adjacent the chamber, a float weight located within the chamberagainst which the inflowing water is carried to rise to the height ofthe head formed outside the chamber, and air compressing means operatedby the downward fall of the float weight as the head recedes.

2. An air compressor comprising a chamber located within and inproximity to the edge of a body of water and extending above the waterlevel, a partial wall front extending from the top of the chamber to apoint below the water level and intermediate of the height of thechamber, diverging walls extending toward the deep water from each endof the chamber so as to direct water into the chamber below the frontwall and against the front Wall to increase the height of the head ofwater adjacent the chamber,

weight to move vertically, walls surrounding the float weight andadjacent thereto and carrying the guideways and having an open- 15 ingin the front wall adapted to admit the incoming wave to beneath thefloat weight, and means for gathering the wave together to enter suchopening.

' GORDONPHILLIPS. Witnesses P. J. KNOX, HARDY J. MONAUGHTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

